Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 205 Sentencing Ling Chi
Kong Wenshi didn't expect that he had overlooked this point. Perhaps he was not good at framing others, so after hearing Kong Yinzhi's words that he should put the blame on Yuan Keli so as to keep the Northern School of Confucianism safe for a hundred years, he hastily imitated it. He wrote a secret letter that could frame Yuan Keli.

Kong Wenshi used to be Yuan Keli's staff and was familiar with Yuan Keli's style of writing. In addition, he is also talented, so it is easy to forge secret letters, so he believes that this move can successfully frame Yuan Keli.

But he didn't expect that His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's thoughtful thoughts, and his own clumsiness in slandering others, have turned out to be self-defeating, and His Majesty immediately saw the clues.

Seeing this, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi hated his teeth so much that he secretly scolded Kong Wenshi for being a stupid nerd who couldn't even do this kind of thing well, and he was even a little worried that Kong Wenshi would suffer for it. I can't help telling the truth under the oppression of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao.

But now, Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief seeing that Kong Wenshi still admitted his guilt, and even took the initiative to charge himself with framing a minister.

Kong Wenshi may seem naive in framing others and other crooked ways, but his willpower is indeed tenacious, and he will never let go after he recognizes one thing. It is the same now. He is determined to sacrifice for his clan and Confucian status. The scapegoat was blamed on himself. In addition to the crime of mutilating the girl, he also took the initiative to bear the crime of framing the minister.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao also looked angrily at the hard bone in front of him who kept only saying that he was guilty, and finally couldn't help but kicked over, Kong Wenshi who kicked fell directly to the ground, groaned, and vomited A few mouthfuls of blood, without saying anything, still kneeling in front of Zhu Youxiao: "Please punish me, Your Majesty, not to others!"

"well!"

Zhu Youxiao laughed back angrily: "In this case, Kong Wenshi, I will help you!"

"According to my decree, the official and gentry, Kong Wenshi, confessed to the crime of mutilating young girls, and attempted to frame important officials of the three dynasties and his benefactor, Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong. He himself and his descendants are all officials, and he himself will be sentenced to Ling Chi, 0 knives, and escorted to Beijing for execution!"

Hearing this, Kong Wenshi also turned pale instinctively. He had made up his mind to be executed by His Majesty, but he didn't expect His Majesty to be so cruel and directly sentenced him to Ling Chi or [-] knives.

However, since he was determined to save the clan and protect the Confucianism with his death, he didn't regret it. He didn't say anything except for a few tears unconsciously. Finally, he gritted his teeth and kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Complete!"

Zhu Youxiao thought that he could scare Kong Wenshi away by announcing such a severe punishment, but he didn't expect that Kong Wenshi would still not let go or repent, which made him only grunt and didn't say anything.

Zhu Youxiao didn't understand what kind of power this clan had that made a person not even afraid of Ling Chi, willing to take the blame for the treacherous members of the clan?

Although Yuan Keli was dissatisfied because Kong Wenshi framed him, he also felt sympathetic when Zhu Youxiao punished Kong Wenshi so severely, and he could see that Kong Wenshi was obviously taking the blame for himself, so, Yuan Keli couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, is the punishment of Ling Chi too much? Can you keep his whole body for the sake of voluntarily pleading guilty?"

"People are going to pour dirty water on you, why do you still beg for him? I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say more!" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help reprimanding Yuan Keli, who was a little annoyed.

Zhu Youxiao knew that his move might be due to retaliation because he was annoyed that these people were clansmen regardless of their personal lives, but he also wanted to use this to deter those scholars and officials who only had clans in their eyes but no Ming Dynasty.

If they were only for the former, then Kong Wenshi's fate would be their best testimony!

As soon as Zhu Youxiao said this, Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi was eager to settle the case, and hurriedly bowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Kong Yinzhi did not show the appearance of pleading for Kong Wenshi because Kong Wenshi was a member of his own clan. Instead, he pretended to be upright and showed righteousness to kill relatives, and said: "Although Kong Wenshi is a descendant of a sage, , but he is a wolf-hearted person, really disgraced my Kong family, as the saying goes, a prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people, His Majesty's move, I admire you very much."

"It's the same for humble ministers," Zuo Buzheng Gu Tingzhuo also echoed at the same time, praised Zhu Youxiao for his wise and decisive actions, and acted simply, which is worthy of the words of the Emperor Qianqiu. Kong Wenshi's derogation is useless, it seems that only in this way can he show that he is a gentleman.

Wang Ren, the procurator, Luo Maoji, the prefect of Yanzhou, and Kong Zhenkan, the magistrate of Qufu County, also echoed one after another: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Zhu Youxiao was very upset at this time. In his opinion, what these Shandong local officials who supported Kong Yinzhi said at this time was simply mocking himself, and they still couldn't help them in the end.

Yuan Keli also said nothing at this time, with a cold face, the most hateful thing is not Kong Wenshi who is kneeling on the ground at this time, but the group of insidious and despicable people who stand on the dry bank and pretend to be gentlemen.They are using the cover given to them by Kong Wenshi to show off their victory.

"Yuan Keli!"

Zhu Youxiao yelled in a cold voice, Yuan Keli stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "The minister is here!"

"Regardless of whether this case was committed by Kong Wenshi or not, even if he admits that he himself did it, don't file it in the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. There are still many doubts in this case. Others are involved, and I order you to still pay attention to this case during your tenure!"

Zhu Youxiao's meaning is very clear, don't you want me to think that the case will be closed soon because Kong Wenshi came out as a scapegoat?But I'm not as good as you wish, let you always hang on to this heart.

Kong Yinzhi looked at Zhu Youxiao in astonishment. He and Zhu Youxiao's eyes sensed the anger of His Majesty towards him. He naturally knew in his heart that he had completely offended His Majesty now.

But sometimes there is no way to do it. Kong Yinzhi is not a man who does not know how to adapt. He can accept surrendering to a foreign race, shaving his hair and becoming a slave. As long as he recognizes his privileged position in front of the common people, he will have no complaints .

But now His Majesty wants him to give up his privileged position and to pull his clan from the altar, so even though Kong Yinzhi knew that he might suffer more serious consequences from fighting with His Majesty today, he still had a heart. Being lucky, he still thought that he could take the risk to be tough with Emperor Ming again.

After all, looking at the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the Chenghua period, there are many cases of confronting the emperor, but most of the time it did not cause much trouble. Even Hai Rui scolded Jiajing and was spared because of Jiajing's death. Therefore, he, Kong Yinzhi, also expected that after preventing His Majesty's reform this time, he would survive until His Majesty died directly, and then his Kong family would naturally escape the catastrophe.

Like Kong Yinzhi, Zuo Buzheng Gu Tingzhuo and other officials did not want to pursue after Kong Wenshi was identified as the culprit, but since His Majesty had spoken, they had to listen.

(End of this chapter)